At all three sites the remains of numerous Buddhist monasteries, shrines, and stupas make me reflect once again on the massive legacy of this religion, which was born in India, but went on to become deeply entrenched in East and South East Asia.

Paranavitana (1946) laid the foundations for a detailed approach to the analysis of individual monastic building units, and attempted to trace the architectural development of the stupa by connecting Sinhalese and Pali literature with the archaeological evidence.

The Ashoka Stupas have tremendous historical significance - the Indian Emblem is an adaptation of the lion capital derived from the Ashoka Stupa at Sarnath (India), and the 'chakra' in the Indian flag too has been derived from the Ashoka Stupa.

Qtel Tower will join iconic buildings as the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the Forbidden City in Beijing, Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament in London and Boudhanath Stupa in Nepal, to go dark for the event.

FRANCE v KUWAIT, 1982 When France scored their fourth against an outclassed Kuwait, the president of the Kuwaiti FA, Sheikh Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah, stormed down to pitch-side, gestured to the players to leave the pitch and demanded that the referee, Miroslav Stupa, cancel the goal, which, incredibly, he did.

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